Molly Hensley-Clancy
California's Attorney General Is Investigating The Online Charter School Industry
Students at virtual charter schools lag significantly behind their peers in brick-and-mortar classrooms, sparking big worries among education advocates.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
Xerox Under Federal Investigation Over Student Loan Business
Regulators are looking into errors over the course of a decade at the company's educational services unit, which manages student loans on behalf of big banks.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
Court Ruling Could Push Debt Forgiveness For Cheated Students
The owner of the disgraced Everest University chain has been ordered to pay $530 million to former students. They'll likely never see a dime, but the ruling is important.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
Online Charter Schools Have "Overwhelming Negative Impact," Study Finds
More than 200,000 students are enrolled in the online schools, but evidence suggests they are getting a very bad education in return.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
Billionaire's Wife Withdraws Donation Because College Can't Rename Itself After Her
Former Citigroup CEO Sanford Weill and his wife Joan have called takesies backsies.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
State Universities Go Online To Chase Out-Of-State Students, And Their Money
The collapse of a $168 million deal between the University of Florida and Pearson is another reminder of the perils of a big trend in the education industry.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
Rally By Charter School Teachers Opens New Front In Union Fight
A growing number of teachers work at non-unionized charter schools. At a Manhattan rally Wednesday, armed with selfie sticks from a pro-charter group, they showed their numbers.
Cora Lewis
You Can Now Use Federal Money To Pay For Unaccredited Coding Boot Camps
An experimental program will open up access to coding classes and MOOCs for low-income students. But some are concerned that the availability of financial aid could eventually lure bad actors to the sector.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
What Happened To The $100 Million Mark Zuckerberg Gave To Newark Schools?
BuzzFeed News spoke with journalist Dale Russakoff, whose book The Prize tracks Zuckerberg's massive gift to Newark schools and the unravelling of school reform efforts there.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
How To Make Big Money From Education As A "Covert For-Profit"
A new report says that by converting their schools to nonprofit status, some college companies can avoid scrutiny and regulation but keep making big profits.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
The World's Biggest For-Profit College Company Is Going Public
Laureate Education has more than 1 million students spread across the world, and nearly $5 billion in debt.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
A Group Of Elite Colleges Could End The College Admissions Monopoly
Some are beginning to think the admissions system disadvantages poor and minority students.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
Rupert Murdoch Is Selling His Failed Education Business To Joel Klein
The former New York schools chief will step down as CEO of Amplify, but is part of a management team leading a buyout of the business.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
In Schools, Google's Laptops Will Soon Outnumber All Other Devices Combined
The company's Chromebooks have already overtaken iPads as the most popular classroom device. But that gap now appears to have widened.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
Students Who Borrow The Least Are Most Likely To Default, Study Finds
A new look at student loan data shows that while much attention is paid to those swamped under six-figure debt piles, the most likely to default owe much, much less.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
Fortune Gets An Ivy League Partner For Online Business Education
For would-be students who might think the Cornell name alone isn't enough, the school is now offering a certificate program in partnership with the business magazine.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
Here's How America's Best Colleges Rank On Obama's New Scorecard
Even among America's top-ranked schools, there are huge disparities.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
Obama Pushes A New System For Scoring Colleges
Days after the release of the U.S. News & World Report rankings, the White House is launching its own site for evaluating colleges, but with some very different priorities in mind.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
The Source Of The Student Debt Crisis Is Not Expensive Tuition
A new report from the Brookings Institute shows how for-profit colleges and two-year programs are at the heart of America's trillion-dollar student loan crisis.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
How A College You've Never Heard Of Became A Grad School Giant
Graduate students at a little-known private nonprofit school in Florida took out more than $500 million in loans last year.
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